Using threats of
criminal prosecution, financial penalties and incarceration, the government
effectively forces citizens to "voluntarily" waive their Fifth Amendment
by filing a return. The IRS & DOJ use these tax returns to initiate
and investigate civil and criminal prosecutions against citizens.
If you file, you have waived your 5th Amendment rights.

Findings and Conclusions

With the assistance
of the following series of questions, we intend to prove that there
is no income tax exception to the Fifth Amendment guarantee of the Peoples'
unalienable right not to be compelled to be a witness against themselves.

The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination is absolute
and unalienable.

There is no 5th Amendment "exception" for tax matters.

To avoid explicitly ruling that citizens are, in fact, protected
by the 5th Amendment while filing tax returns, a federal Court of
Appeals ruled, instead, that the 5th Amendment does not apply to
tax returns because the 5th Amendment only applies to compelled
testimony. Ergo, filing a tax return is not compelled, it is voluntary.

Using the threats of criminal prosecution, financial penalties,
and incarceration, the government effectively forces citizens to
"voluntarily" waive their Fifth Amendment rights.

"In connection with
my investigation of your tax liability I would like to ask you some
questions. However, first I advise you that under the fifth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States I cannot compel you to answer
any questions or to submit any information. If such answers or information
might tend to incriminate you in any way, I also advise you that anything
which you say and any documents which you submit may be used against
you in any criminal proceeding which may be undertaken. I advise you
further that you may, if you wish, seek the assistance of an attorney
before responding."

4.6. Admit that the Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act notices
currently used by the IRS provides that the information provided in
the preparation of a tax return can go to the Department of Justice
who prosecutes criminal cases against the filers of tax returns.
(WTP #286)

4.7. Admit that the "United States Attorneys' Bulletin, April 1998
edition, contained an article written by Joan Bainbridge Safford, Deputy
United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, entitled: "Follow
That Lead! Obtaining and Using Tax Information in a Non-Tax Case," hereinafter
"Follow that Lead!". (WTP #287a)

"In any criminal
case where financial gain is the prominent motive, tax returns and return
information can provide some of the most significant leads, corroborative
evidence, and cross-examination material obtainable from any source."

"In even the most
straightforward fraud case, the usefulness of tax returns should be
apparent . . . . the tax return information provides a statement under
penalty of perjury which may either serve as circumstantial evidence
of the target's misrepresentation of his economic status or as helpful
cross-examination material . . . . Disclosure of tax returns may also
provide critical leads and impeachment material."

"[W]e may disclose
your tax information to the Department of Justice, to enforce the tax
laws, both civil and criminal, and to cities, states, the District of
Columbia, U.S. Commonwealths or possessions, and certain foreign governments
to carry out their tax laws."

4.13. Admit that the United States Supreme Court has held that a
Fifth amendment privilege exists against requiring a person to admit
or deny he has documents which the government believes is related to
the federal income tax. (WTP #291)

4.15. Admit that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
took the position in U.S. v. Conklin, (1994) WL 504211, that the filing
of an income tax return (Form 1040) is not compelled and, therefore,
the principle that no one may be forced to waive their 5th Amendment
rights in order to comply with a law is not applicable to federal income
tax returns. (WTP #292a)

4.16. Admit that the Supreme Court has held that if one wants to
assert the
Fifth Amendment to an issue pertaining to a federal income tax return,
once must make that claim on the form itself. (WTP #293)

4.17. Admit that if one claims
Fifth Amendment protection on an income tax form, that act can result
in criminal prosecution for failure to file income tax returns, income
tax evasion, or conspiracy to defraud. (WTP #294)

"[C]ertain documents
related to wagering taxes and information obtained through them that
relates to wagering taxes may not be used against the taxpayer in any
criminal proceeding. See
section 4424
for more details."

"Logically, indeed,
he (the taxpayer) is boxed in a paradox for he must prove the criminatory
character of what it is his privilege to suppress just because it is
criminatory. The only practicable solution is to be content with the
door's being set a little ajar, AND WHILE AT TIMES THIS NO DOUBT PARTIALLY
DESTROYS THE PRIVILEGE,...nothing better is available."
[United States v. Weisman, 111 F.2d 260, 262 (1947) (emphasis added)]